Chess'3 by Redzo Kolakovic

In the February '2000
issue of Schaakmagazine, the journal of the KNSB, the Dutch chess federation,
a game called Chess'3 is mentioned. One of twenty prototypes of this game
was given to the Max Euwe Centrum in Amsterdam. The name with the3 is to
denote that this should be the chess of the third millennium. The game came
from Slovenia. It was invented by Redzo Kolakovic from Maribor.

A more recent version of the game can be read here,
in an format, obtained by converting a booklet to html.
Chess'3 (Game
of the 3rdmillennium) represents an innovation, which improves and extends
classic game of chess.

Historical sources prove
that chess is the oldest game still played today. It's evolution leads
to conclusion that this noble game was changed and improved many times
through it's history. It was a result of changes in human society and culture.
Chess always reflected the time in which it was played. Elements of the
game were constantly upgraded and depended of technical and cultural
development
of many empires.

Chess'3 is a reflection
of modern times and artistic freedom. It is based on long-term scientific
and mathematical research, which resulted in a successful combination of
two main components: to retain the beauty of the old chess and to enrich
it's mission. Chess'3 gives new dimensions to the game.With these improvements
Chess'3 becomes a treasure-house of strategy, tactics, logic, mathematical
reliability and the game between two extremes-speculation and objectivity.

Chess findings until
today are not compatible anymore and chess theoreticians and analysts are
offered unimaginable joy and relaxed imagination with chess'3.

The purpose of Chess'3
is not to deny the beauty and marvel of today's chess, its purpose is
to combine two components,this is to obtain the beauty of today's chess
and enhance its mission which reflects today's modern world.

Redzo Kolakovic

Rules

New features of Chess'3

The chessboard is combined from 100 black and white fields

In chess'3 is the field a1 white. The field j1 is
black.

Chess'3 is played with 20 black and 20 white pieces

The main new feature is a new piece called the civilian (there are
2 black and 2 white civilians)

The number of pawns is increased to 10 for each player

The move of the pawn can be made from starting point for one, two or three
fields.

There are three variations of en-passant.

The pawn can also move backwards

The pawn can be promoted only in a piece, which is already captured

While castling (to the left or to the right) the king is always moved three
fields to the side.

The chessboard - position of the pieces

The pawns-movement rules

100 field chessboard gives each of the 40 pieces
2,5 fields, while the classic chessboard gives only 2 fields.
White has 38 different possibilities for the opening
movement. Black can also respond with one of 38 possible moves . That means
that there are 1.444 various ways (38x38) in Chess'3 to start the game
with only one move of each player. In old chess, the game can be started
in 400 different ways.

Chess findings until today are not compatible anymore.

The pawn can move one field
forward, except from the beginning position, when it can move one, two
or three fields forward. Chess'3 increases movements of pawns with
movements
one field backwards. This movement can only take place for the white pawn
when it's original position lies between the 10th and the
5th
rank. For the black pawn, this movement can only take place when it's original
position lies between the 1st and the 6th rank.

When marking a capture
a pawn moves one field diagonally. When moving back the pawn can't make
a capture by moving diagonally backwards, but it can attack by the rules
of moving forward.

On reaching the last rank
the pawns can be exchanged for another piece ( a queen, a rook, a bishop,
a civilian or a knight), but it can only be replaced by the piece, which
was previously captured by the opponent.

The promotion is not obligatory,
the pawn can keep his function as a pawn and stay in the game.

The civilian-movements and functions

The civilian can be moved from its position to any
field vertically, horizontally or diagonally, just like the queen. It can
also be moved in the shape of the letter "L" (straight or mirrored), just
like the knight, That way it can reach one of 43 available fields which
makes it the most movable piece in the set.

The
civilian doesn't have the right to make a capture directly (peaceful figure)!
But when the opponent starts the process of capturing, the civilian becomes
equal to other pieces (it has the right to capture opponents pieces), but
only for the period of the action (sequence capturing). After that period
his right of capturing ceases.

Opponents
pieces can attack the civilian for capturing or blocking and civilian can
react by redraw or by sacrifice.

The
civilian does not posses the right to check or checkmate the opponents
king. If the player's king is in check, he can only react with the civilian
by blocking and not by making a capture, except in the case, when his king
is in checkmate position (if there's no other option). In that case the
player's civilian can react by making a capture.

Civilian
can obstruct opponents pieces in attack or defence with sequence capturing,
blocking or sacrifice.

Civilian
can directly protect movements of friendly pieces all over the chessboard,
so it increases tactical possibilities of the attack.

The
civilian can take active part in the attack, capturing (sequence) of the
opponents pieces or checkmating.

The castling

Three variations of en-passant

An example of the analysis

The diagram shows the position of the pieces after
29 moves.

Example "a"
Black's move:

30.. . .Qi2+!?(black civilian protects the
queen). The white civilian is in a difficult position, it can't take the
queen because there's no checkmate position.

31. Kg1Qj2:(takes the civilian)

Example "b"

White's move:

30. b7!. . .(pawns can move backwards) the
pawn attacks a8 and Cc8 ....the black is in a difficult
position,